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Baptist Medical Center Beaches: labor and delivery in Jacksonville Beach, FL

Baptist Medical Center Beaches is a hospital in Jacksonville Beach, Duval County, Florida that delivers babies. It handled 1,028 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 25% delivered by C-section (452 such births). That is below the Florida rate of 30% and below the U.S. median of 26%.

25%First-birth C-section rate
1,028Deliveries in 2025
YesBirthing-Friendly designation
332Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
4 of 5Patient survey stars
4 of 5Overall hospital stars

Birth services at Baptist Medical Center Beaches

Newborn care: NICU on site
Water birth options
Lactation consultants
Childbirth and parenting classes
Birth center tours
High-risk pregnancy and maternal-fetal medicine care

Tour, class and care-team details are on the hospital's maternity page.

Address and phone

1350 13th Ave S
Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250
Duval County

Call (904) 247-2900 Directions

Emergency department: Yes
Hospital type: Acute Care hospital
Ownership: Nonprofit, Private

How Baptist Medical Center Beaches compares

Measure, 2025	This hospital	Florida	U.S.
First-birth C-section rate	25%	30%	26% (median)
Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries	332	293	285
Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000	54	–	68

Severe-complication ranking among U.S. hospitals: Middle 50%.

In Florida, Baptist Medical Center Beaches has the 33rd-lowest first-birth C-section rate of 93 hospitals that report one.

The first-birth C-section rate counts first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby. Complication rates are adjusted for patient risk. Our data explains each number.

What patients say

Patient survey summary: 4 of 5 stars
82% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
79% of patients rated this hospital 9 or 10 out of 10

Survey results cover all patients at the hospital, not only maternity patients.

Birthing-Friendly designation

Baptist Medical Center Beaches holds the federal Birthing-Friendly designation. Hospitals earn it by taking part in a perinatal quality collaborative and following maternal safety practices.

Other hospitals that deliver babies near Jacksonville Beach

Hospital	City	Miles	First-birth C-section rate	Deliveries, 2025	Birthing-Friendly
Ascension St Vincent's Southside	Jacksonville	11	27%	2,724	Yes
HCA Florida Memorial Hospital	Jacksonville	12	22%	1,204	Yes
Baptist Health Medical Center - Jacksonville	Jacksonville	16	32%	6,646	Yes
Shands Jacksonville	Jacksonville	16	29%	4,085	Yes
HCA Florida Orange Park Hospital	Orange Park	22	20%	995	Yes
Ascension St Vincent's Clay County	Middleburg	28	26%	1,108	Yes